This course emphasizes the skills, techniques and concepts necessary for sound feeding management. It covers the determination of feed values; the economics of feed; nutritional terminology and requirements; feed consumption of livestock; breeding; understanding feed tag labels for protein, energy, minerals and vitamins; evaluation of base feed and feeding programs; and metabolic diseases of lactating livestock. Not part of nutrition, but also included in this course, is a discussion of how the farm family can deal with stress factors and identify its role in the community.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites:
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